Why Would Someone Stick These Crystals In Your Heart?
These are piezoelectric crystals. Their use is based on one insight — sound is a physical wave which can deform a crystal — and it’s how we measure the changing size of organs while they’re still being used.
February 17, 2015 at 09:25AM
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The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III
Remember the 1983 movie “WarGames? The film is about a computer “game” with the potential to start thermonuclear war. But strangely this scenario is more truth than fiction. Because in 1979 programmers at NORAD almost started World War III when they accidentally ran a computer simulation of a Soviet attack.
February 17, 2015 at 08:29AM
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Apple Orders More Than 5 Million Watches for Initial Run
Apple has asked its suppliers in Asia to make a combined five to six million units of its three Apple Watch models during the first quarter ahead of the product’s release in April, according to people familiar with the matter.
February 17, 2015 at 07:28AM
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The Hail Mary Plan to Stop Rhino Poaching By Growing Horns in a Lab
Demand for poached rhino horn has never been higher. Can a West Coast startup sate the demand, and save the rhinos, by growing cruelty-free horns in a laboratory?
February 16, 2015 at 08:34PM
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This Beehive Claims To Have Honey On Tap
The FlowHive is a soon-to-be-Kickstartered (is that a verb now?) invention that claims to let its user get honey directly from the hive without needing to disturb the bees. We have no idea how that works and this video doesn’t explain it, but we’ll be pretty excited if it works.
February 16, 2015 at 07:24PM
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AT&T charges $29 more for gigabit fiber that doesn’t watch your Web browsing
AT&T’s gigabit fiber-to-the-home service has just arrived in Kansas City, and the price is the same as Google Fiber — if you let AT&T track your Web browsing history.
February 16, 2015 at 03:21PM
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Will China use big data as a tool of the state?
Since imperial times Chinese governments have yearned for a perfect surveillance state. Will big data now deliver it?
February 16, 2015 at 02:24PM
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Greenwich Already Has Driverless Cars
Google and Tesla might be getting most of the attention, but the Transport Research Laboratory’s Meridian Shuttles are already driving themselves out in the wild.
February 16, 2015 at 02:23PM
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How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years-and were found at last
How the “Equation Group” ran the most advanced hacking operation ever uncovered.
February 16, 2015 at 01:25PM
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Brain-altering devices have hit the mainstream
Motivation and habit change are hard, and no heart-monitoring bracelet is going to magically solve that problem. But there are wearables that can.
February 16, 2015 at 01:01PM
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